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23 Bible Verses About War

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  • Exodus 15:3 calls the Lord “a warrior” in the song after the Red Sea, a battle in which Moses told Israel, “you need only to be still” (Exodus 14:14).
  • Deuteronomy 20 requires an offer of peace to distant cities before an attack (20:10, 15) and orders the nations of the land destroyed (20:16-17).
  • Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3 foresee swords beaten into plowshares; Joel 3:10 uses the same image in reverse.
  • At his arrest Jesus tells the companion who struck the high priest’s servant that “all who draw the sword will die by the sword” (Matthew 26:52).
  • The Catholic Catechism calls soldiers “servants of the security and freedom of nations” and the Augsburg Confession allows Christians to serve as soldiers; the Mennonite Confession of Faith rules out military service.

The Bible describes war as something God takes part in, something he judges and something he will end. Exodus 15:3 calls the Lord “a warrior”, Jeremiah 4:19 cries out at “the battle cry”, and Isaiah 2:4 foresees nations beating “their swords into plowshares.” Deuteronomy 20 sets rules for Israel’s armies, and Psalm 46:9 says God “makes wars cease to the ends of the earth.” In the New Testament, Jesus blesses the peacemakers (Matthew 5:9) and orders a sword put away…

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Bibliography (Click to show)

Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 2308-2311, on the avoidance of war, legitimate defense, members of the armed forces and conscientious objectors. vatican.va

The Augsburg Confession, Article XVI: Of Civil Affairs. bookofconcord.org

Mennonite Church USA. Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, Article 22: Peace, Justice, and Nonresistance. mennoniteusa.org

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